+// helpers used by wxCharTypeBuffer
+namespace wxPrivate
+{
+
+struct UntypedBufferData
+{
+ enum Kind
+ {
+ Owned,
+ NonOwned
+ };
+
+ UntypedBufferData(void *str, size_t len, Kind kind = Owned)
+ : m_str(str), m_length(len), m_ref(1), m_owned(kind == Owned) {}
+
+ ~UntypedBufferData()
+ {
+ if ( m_owned )
+ free(m_str);
+ }
+
+ void *m_str;
+ size_t m_length;
+
+ // "short" to have sizeof(Data)=12 on 32bit archs
+ unsigned short m_ref;
+
+ bool m_owned;
+};
+
+// NB: this is defined in string.cpp and not the (non-existent) buffer.cpp
+WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE UntypedBufferData * GetUntypedNullData();
+
+} // namespace wxPrivate
+
+
+// Reference-counted character buffer for storing string data. The buffer
+// is only valid for as long as the "parent" object that provided the data
+// is valid; see wxCharTypeBuffer<T> for persistent variant.